News of The Day: 31st July 2025

News of The Day – 31st July 2025

SOURCES: The Hindu, Indian Express, Live Mint, Business Standard, Economic Times, and PIB.

• Russia’s Klyuchevskoy volcano eruption.
• Features of  Klyuchevskoy volcano.

• SC Directive on legal aid
• Significances of Legal Aid System
• Key Issues with Legal Aid System
• Proposed Solutions to strengthen Legal Aid.

• Supreme Court orders repeal of discriminatory laws against leprosy-affected individuals.
• Key Issues with leprosy patients.
• Constitutional & Human Rights Angle:
• Significance and Implementation

• UNSC Report ON The Resistance Front (TRF)  role in Pahalgam attack.
• India’s Concerns regarding TRF.
• Global Support for Counter-Terrorism.

• RBI’s Digital Payments Index findings.
• UPI’s dominance and growth in mobile banking adoption.
• Impact on economy.

• About Trump tariff on India.
• Implication on India-U.S trade.
• Counter measures to tackle Challenges due to recent tariffs.

• Ramsar Convention’s 15th Conference of Parties (CoP15) 
• India’s Role.
• Key Outcomes of the CoP
• Significance of the Wetlands

• Importance of Mangrove 
• Threats to Mangroves
• India’s Mangrove Coverage
• Restoration Efforts in India
• Government Initiatives
• Challenges in Restoration

• Global rise in global CO2 emissions in 2024, 
• India’s Context: Increased emissions from coal-based power and transport sectors.
• Challenges in Balancing economic growth with India’s net-zero 2070 commitment.
• Policy Needs

• About Lumpy Skin Disease (LSD)
• Prevention Measures for LSD
• Government initiatives

• About NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar) launch.
• Objectives
• Applications
• Indo-US Collaboration